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Based on what I believe are unreasonable moderator decisions today, and the moderator's unpreparedness to explain himself, I am exiting the forum permanently. I think this is an outcome that will be to the approval of at least one moderator. If I could leave you with one piece of advice. IMHO...

Brilliant inventions. How successful these are commercially will be interesting. SBU Test by Mythbuster Guys Gizmag rap of SBU and Honda U3-X

This is by far and away the most comprehensive and insightful article I have read re the patency of Australia's current account deficit. Am interested in others' views. Cheers WW

This highrise commercial at 3350 Pacific Highway, Springwood, in Brissy Gold Coast corridor, is up for sale. Am not sure if it has sold yet. Still has large for sale sign draping it. has outstanding exposure to M1 motorway and is in centre of Springwood cbd. Note, included with the highrise...

OK, that's the question....... Now, if you said no, answer these questions..... - Would you walk through a cemetery at night on your own? - Would you sleep in a tent in a cemetery at night on your own? - Would you sleep alone in an old English castle with a reputation of being haunted? -...

Thought this plot was telling. SVR is inverted to highlight the inverse correlation with number of housing finance commitments. i.e. inverting positively correlates the plots. 2004-2007 becomes apparent as an unusual period where rate rises suppressed commitments momentarily, only to see...

I do my own BAS and have recently had to change over from a digital certificate to AUSkey. Took me about three goes to register for the key (system errors), and then after I get it sorted, the system still keeps failing. I get messages like: Unexpected server error. (Error Number: A511.03)...

Anyone used citibank recently and got an opinion?

The youngest is in year 12 and is considering studying Civil or Mining Engineering next year at Uni of Qld or Qld Uni of Technology. He is doing pre-requisites English, Maths A and B, and physics....but not recommended Chemistry and Maths C. His grades will probably get him into QUT but not...

Time for RBA reform? Christopher Joye Published 9:07 AM, 23 Sep 2010 Last update 9:50 AM, 23 Sep 2010 This is a very telling (and tedious) article from the Joye. If you cut through the self indulgent verbosity, Joye is saying the RBA should be allowed to adjust the cash rate to prevent asset...

Had lunch with a neurologist and neuroscientist today. The neurologist mentioned a scientific paper that shows the cortex of the brain has inhibited depth in people who habitually play loud music on ipods. He also said the incidence of industrial deafness is rising at a disturbing rate due to...

Labor clocked up a lot of fails in their first go. Let's see how they go in their second go. Here's one to start. I have just googled: whitefi nbn limited to Australia, and had no pertinent hits. For the NBN zealots, whitefi is high speed high capacity wireless using 'white space'...

This isn't a property for sale, rather just the LPO business. Was just told about it this arvo so don't have financials, and apparently the current owner/operator is getting quite anxious to sell. Interested if anyone has had anything to do with them. First thoughts are there's limited scope...

Has anyone haggled with BOQ recently? Spoke with a manager/owner on the weekend and meeting again in a week to explore their CIP appetite.

Over the last 10 years, house prices have inflated at a greater rate than general price inflation. I find most property investors are fuzzy on the cause of this. Most relate it back to supply demand imbalances. I am interested in people's understanding of how money and credit is created...

Looks like the meatballs in Tafalla restaurants will be smaller tonight.

Am interested in views on Peter Rennie from Leadership Australia. He appears highly regarded by some.

At lunch today, I challenged my own belief set in a way I've never done before......No, I didn't go buy a Merc E350 Elegance, French Chateau, or $15,000 Trek road bike with electronic gears. I went into a Salvos store and bought a 2nd hand jacket and suit!!!! Never bought used clothes before...

Some interesting observations from Matusik's July 2010 snapshots. - if there's an undersupply of accommodation, why are rents hardly moving? - the real vacancy rate across Australia is 4.1%, that's 90,000 residences. The 1.8% vacancy rate commonly quoted does not allow for existing listings...

Appreciate any views re using protected loans to gear into equities via smsf.